#B36FBF#B36FBF

#B36FBF is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.137 H 321.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B36FBF
RGB	rgb(179, 111, 191)
HSL	hsl(291, 38%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(291, 42%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.3%, 41.9%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.80, 40.03, -31.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.80, 50.69, 322.16°)
OKLab	oklab(64.38% 0.1071 -0.0854)
OKLCH	oklch(64.38% 0.137 321.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.6777, 24.7154, 52.2767)
Luminance	0.2471 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B36FBF #7BBF6F

analogous

#8B6FBF #B36FBF #BF6FA3

triadic

#B36FBF #BFB36F #6FBFB3

tetradic

#B36FBF #BF8B6F #7BBF6F #6FA3BF

square

#B36FBF #BF8B6F #7BBF6F #6FA3BF

split-complementary

#B36FBF #A3BF6F #6FBF8B

monochromatic

#72377C #994AA7 #B36FBF #C999D2 #E0C4E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#B36FBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.94

#B36FBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B36FBF

5.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B36FBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B36FBF	1.00	3.53	5.94	5.94
#FFFFFF	3.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6583C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#778BBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5798E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b36fbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 111, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.137 321.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb9ad2',
    500: '#b36fbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b36fbf;
$custom-light: #cb9ad2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b36fbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291,
    "s": 38.462,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64384,
    "c": 0.137,
    "h": 321.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24714
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B36FBF

secondary

#BAD5B5

accent

#CE596B

background

#FCF9FC

surface

#F9F2F9

border

#D2CCD2

text

#130E14

muted

#827E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B36FBF

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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